BWW: Lemon Pepper, Spicy Garlic, etc.

So after a long Saturday spent celebrating the kickoff of college football season, the Queen and I decided to relax on Sunday, and meet up with my brother and his ladyfriend to split a chicken wing or 40.  From this point forward, he will be known as Skittles and she will be the A-Train.  They were unaware of my status as wing royalty, so this was quite the treat for them I'm sure.  Or maybe they think I am a complete nerd, but this would be coming from the couple who was rushing dinner because they had a WoW raid to get to.  Whatever, we're cut from the same cloth.  I digress.

So upon meeting Skittles and the A-Train at Buffalo Wild Wings in Lewisville, we discover a few things.  The service is pretty bad, but I get that feeling at every BWW we go to so I am not surprised.  We also sat in a booth next to a window, which had some scratching in the shape of a football on it.  This led to the discovery that I am the only one of our group who has ever used the word "graffito" in conversation.  We also discover the black cherry mojito.  Quite good.

The Queen and I decided to get 18 wings split into four flavors (the waitress seemed not thrilled with us wanting four flavors), and some buffalo chips.  We went with Thai Curry (our favorite, previously reviewed HERE), Spicy Garlic, Lemon Pepper rub, and Wild.  Upon arrival, the wings tossed in Wild sauce were quickly determined to actually be Blazin' Sauce, which I like, but we did not come for.  Due to this error, they will be stricken from the record and never spoken of again.

Our first new flavor is Lemon Pepper.  This is one of their new dry rubs and not a sauce.  I have to say this is the first one of their dry rubs I have tried, and this was hardly impressive.  BWW is a sauce-driven wing establishment and should probably stick to it.  They were pretty crispy as you can see in the photos, but were somewhat dry.  They also had neither the lemon nor the pepper that we would like in a lemon pepper wing.  These won't be in the regular rotation (we only got them because the menu threatened us by saying lemon pepper is here FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY).  If you want a good lemon pepper wing, go to Sauced or Wingstop.


Lemon Pepper rub
Flavor: 5.5
Spice: 0
Overall: 5.5

Our other new flavor tonight was Spicy Garlic.  We weren't really sure what to expect when we ordered these.  Would be be a garlic sauce with some pepper kick for the heat?  Would it be something like the garlic parmesan wings at Wingstop covered in powdered parmesan cheese?  When they came out they looked like they were covered in a buffalo sauce.  I think it might actually be a hybrid sauce like you might find at Pluckers (think spicy ranch at Pluckers). It seemed like a mixture of one of their buffalo style sauces and their garlic parmesan sauce.  It had a decent amount of heat which was pleasing, and had a garlic flavor that I noticed second.  The garlic was still noticeable which is always appreciated since sometimes wings advertised as containing garlic flavor have very little.  There's a good chance these will find their way into the regular rotation at BWW for us.  The Queen definitely liked these more than I did, but that's because she loved them.  I thought maybe she had a new favorite, but confirmed to me that Thai Curry is still her #1.  The only fault I could find is that these are very heavily sauced, which as you know by now can be highly dangerous to pants, shirts, nearby people's faces, and unprotected eyes.  These are still highly recommended so give them a shot.

Spiciy Garlic
Flavor: 8
Heat: 6
Overall: 8

Fox n Hound: Spicy Garlic, Hot Honey & More

After a long work week last week, the Queen and myself decided to make a trek for the evening to see what exciting happenings were going on around town.  As we traversed my Wingdom, we became weary and decided we needed to stop at the nearest tavern to regain our strength, quench our thirsts, and have some wings.  It just so happened that the nearest tavern was the Fox n Hound in Richardson.  We were soon joined by the Queen's entourage, and the festivities began.  The Fox n Hound has several locations around town, and they generally have plenty of pool tables, a large beer selection ($2 pints during happy hour), sports on television, and of course they offer wings.  Like many other establishments, they also offer $.50 wings on Mondays.

We decided to get an order of 20 split across four flavors, which was reasonably priced for around $16.  Add on a side of fries, a few pints, and we are set.  The wings themselves are slightly above average in size, and they are fairly meaty.  They are naked wings, and fried up pretty crispy which is always good.  They are served with celery and blue cheese/ranch.

Our first flavor is Honey Mustard BBQ.  I don't have much to say about these wings.  They were decent, but mostly just tasted like wings coated in BBQ sauce.  I didn't detect any mustard or honey content in the sauce, and to be honest I'm not completely convinced we were given the actual Honey Mustard BBQ as opposed to the regular BBQ sauce.  There wasn't much spice to these wings.  Either way, it was OK, but I probably wouldn't get these again.  There's other flavors I'd rather try.

Honey Mustard BBQ (maybe?)

Heat: 3

Flavor: 7

Overall: 6

Our second flavor is Spicy Garlic.  These were only slightly spicy, which is pretty weak when "spicy" is in the name.  They had a light garlic flavor, which is different from other places that offer a garlic wing where the garlic punches you in the mouth when you take a bite.  These were the crispiest of the wings which is a result of them also being the lightest-sauced of the bunch.  These were the Queen's favorite wings of the bunch, but not mine.

Spicy Garlic:

Heat: 4.5

Flavor: 7

Overall: 7

Our third flavor is the Hot Honey sauce.  At first these might have been my least favorite of the bunch.  However, the more I ate them, the more it grew on me.  The wings themselves were very crispy, but coated in a thick honey sauce that wasn't too sweet.  There wasn't any heat to them, which I would like to have seen with something called "Hot Honey", but the sauce is very pleasant and I ended up enjoying these very much.  Something about them that reminded me of a nice hot tea with some honey drizzled in it.  Not any actual tea flavor, but just a nice warm feeling to make me happy.  Or maybe that was the pints starting to add up.

Hot Honey:

Heat: 2

Flavor: 8

Overall: 7.5

The final flavor was "Hot", which is the top of their heat scale when it comes to the Buffalo style sauces.  The sauce itself is very tasty, and had more of the vinegary kick I like in a Buffalo sauce as opposed to some other places that are more on the buttery side.  The heat itself wasn't very much, and I would say these are more along the lines of a medium sauce at some other locations.  However, I'm not going to throw a fit over it because this isn't an established wing joint and these are only on the appetizer menu.  This was my favorite flavor among the four we tried, and I would definitely get again.

Hot:

Heat: 6

Flavor: 8.5

Overall: 8

Overall, we thought the wings were better than we expected.  I'm certain we will be returning soon thanks to these wings, and our likelihood to return has absolutely nothing to do with $2 pints and being half a block from our castle.